peruse
verb /pəˈruːz/
/pəˈruːz/
(formal or humorous)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they peruse | /pəˈruːz/ /pəˈruːz/ |
| he / she / it peruses | /pəˈruːzɪz/ /pəˈruːzɪz/ |
| past simple perused | /pəˈruːzd/ /pəˈruːzd/ |
| past participle perused | /pəˈruːzd/ /pəˈruːzd/ |
| -ing form perusing | /pəˈruːzɪŋ/ /pəˈruːzɪŋ/ |
- peruse something to read something, especially in a careful way
- A copy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPeruse is used with these nouns as the object:- menu
- newspaper
- page
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘use up, wear out’): perhaps from per- ‘thoroughly’ + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser ‘examine’.